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The Flower and the Forest: An Interview with Evgeny Vodolazkin
Evgeny Vodolazkin
In Evgeny Vodolazkin’s literary universe, time is always out of joint. His novels feature medieval wanderers who glimpse events centuries in the future, narrative structures that contrast vastly different periods of Russian history, and Tolstoyan ruminations on the nature of time itself.
This curious blend of topics, along with the weighty themes and deeply engaging style that characterize Vodolazkin’s work, has led to his remarkable popularity, both in his native Russia and abroad, where he has been widely translated. So far, three of his novels
Solovyov and Larionov,